Wire-fence machine



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WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

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WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

No. 348,775. Patented Sept. '7, 1886.

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\VILLIAM J. RAYMOND, OF CHERRY VALE, KANSAS.

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 348,775, datedSeptember 7, 1886.

Application filed May 1, 1886. Serial No. 200,825.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, XVILLIAM J. RAYMOND, of Cherry Vale, Montgomerycounty, State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved fire-FenceMachine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine forbuilding fences of twisted wires and pickets or rods held by saidtwisted wires.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts anddetails, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and thenpointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure I is a side view of my improved wire-fence machine, parts beingbroken out and others being in section. Fig. 2 is a front view of thesame, parts being in section. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same.

The base frame or platform A is mounted on the wheels A, and on saidframe a standard, B, is erected in which a series of hubs, G, aremounted to revolve, as many hubs being provided as there are twistedstrands of wire in the completed fence, in the case shown there beingfive.

On each hub G a cog-wheel, D, is rigidly mounted, the several cog wheelsengaging with each other and one cog-wheel engaging the pinion E,engaged with the cog-wheel E", mounted on the shaft E, provided with thecrank-handle E, for turning it, said shaft being journaled in a suitablearm of the standard B. Each hub C is also provided with two longitudinalapertures, F, of sufficient size to permit of passing the wires Gthrough them, and said apertures F are continuedthrough prongs H,projecting from the ends of the hubs, and which are slightly inclinedtoward each other.

On the base or platform A a standard, I, is erected on which and thestandard 13 the bars J are mounted to slide in the direction of thelength of the machine; and the front ends of said bars J are bent overthe front of the standard B to form the arms K between the hubs C, saidarms being thus adapted to move toward (No model.)

and from the said standard 13. The bars J are connected by the uprightL, from which a pin passes through a slot in the end of the angleleverM, pivoted on the piece N of the upright frame of the machine. Thestandard B projects from the side of the platform A in the manner shownin Figs. 2 and 3.

The operation is as follows: The hubs Care turned until the prongs areon horizontal lines, and then the picket a, of wood or metal, is inserted between the several prongs, the picket resting against the armsK. Then the lever M is forced downward, moving the sliding bars J in thedirection of the arrow 0., Fig. 1, and causing the arms K to press theslat or picket firmly against the twisted part of the wires. The lever Mis now forced still farther downward until-the picket being newincapable of further movementthe entire machine is moved in the inversedirection of the arrow a a distance equal to the space between thesuccessive pickets, when the lever M is raised, so as to return the armsK to their original position. The wirc-twisters are now rotated by meansof the crank-handle E, and the wires G are twisted around the picket.The pairs of prongs H being brought around to a longitudinal positionagain, a second picket is inserted between them, and the operation justdescribed is repeated, and so 011.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent- The combination, with the truck, of the vertical standards B and I on the same, a vertical series of wire-twistersin the standard B, the sliding bars J, mounted to move lengthwise on thestandards B I, and having beaterarms K, bent over in front of thestandard B between the wire-twisters, the bar L, rigidly connecting thesliding bars J, and the angle lever M, pivotally connected to' theconnectingbar L, and pivoted to swing vertically on the upright frame Non the truck, substantially as specified.

WILLIAM J. RAYMOND.

